114 Charles William Wallace 
Nycholas Biffhoppe of the parifhe of whytechapell wtout Allgate 
london Sopemaker/ of the age of xxx yeres or theraboutes fworne 
and ex? the vj* Daye of Aprill in the xxxiiij yere & ct" To the 
firft Jnt myniftred vnto him/ That he was never fervaunt to 
Raphe Myles named in this Jnt. but was & is now his partener/ 
And faith that he hath fene fuche an Award or Arbitryment But 
who made the fame/ he now remembreth not/ but he doth Re- 
member/ it was about the matter of the Theatre/ And faith that 
by the fame Awarde/ Margarett Brayne the now comp! doth 
clayme to haue of right the one Moytie or half of the profittes 
growing by the vie of the faid Theatre/ and of all fuche Rentes 
as do ryfe of fuche tenem‘'’* & howfes longing to the fame/ w™ 
profittes do ryfe by reafon of the wekelie playes & interludes that 
are vied to be playd there/ 
To the 2. that he was requefted by the faid Margaret Brayne and 
Robert Myles/ the ffather of the faid Raphe Myles/ to go wt them 
to the Theater vppon A playe daye/ to ftand at the do" that goeth 
vppe to the gallaries of the faid Theater/ to take & Receyve for 
the vie of the faid Margarett/ half the money that fhuld be gyven 
to come vppe into the faid Gallaries at that do"/ according to the 
forefaid Award/ & an order made thervpon by the co't of 
Chauncerye/ Requefting this depot in very earneft maner/ to 
refift no violence or other w'{tanding of him fo to do/ that fhuld 
be made to or againft him in fo doing/ by the faid Burbages/ 
At w™ tyme for the better auctho® of the faid Margarett fo to do/ 
ther was fhewed fourth in the hande of the faid Myles to the faid 
Burbages both the faid Arbitrym'/ and Ordre of the Chauncerye/ 
and requyred the faid Burbages to fuffre the performance therof/ 
But true it is/ the faid James Burbage & his wyfe & his fone 
Rychard Burbage did wt vyolence thruft this depot/ and the faid 
Margarett/ and Robert Myles awey from the faid do” going vppe 
to the faid Gallaries/ wt vehement threates & manaffing/ that yf 
they departed not from that place/ they wold beate them away/ 
And fo indede vpon fome wordes vttered by the faid Robert 
Myles to the faid Burbages wyffhing them to obey the faid Ordre/ 
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